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ALISON GOLD

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GOLD--Alison Leslie. Author Alison Leslie Gold, who died on 9 September 2025, at the age of 80, described herself as "a salvager of other people's stories that seem to be on the brink of extinction". She was best known for Holocaust-related nonfiction books, starting with Anne Frank Remembered:...

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With deepest sympathy may she rest in peace.

A life well lived by the truly amazing Alison. She will be missed by so many. May the trail of beautiful memories she left behind be cherished forever. Our heartfelt condolences.

Dear Thor and Talia, I will always be thinking of Alison, and the so many beautiful things I learned from her. Tonight Matisse was mentioned as the only artist who.kept painting flowers thru WW II, I have a book from Alison on Matisse and her book about the Woman who brought Matisse back from the Dead. I so loved all her books. She was always pure love and loyalty and fun to so many of us.

I met Alison at Miep's 100th birthday party where I shared with her my friendship with Otto Frank and Miep. Later, she helped me with my book: We Never Said Goodbye: Memories of Otto Frank. She wrote the back cover blurb. She was a great lady and will be sorely missed.

I met Alison at Miep's 100th birthday party where I shared my friendship with Otto Frank and Miep of course. Later, Alison helped me with my book: We Never Said Goodbye: Memories of Otto Frank. She wrote the back cover blurb. I am so sorry to hear of her passing. She was a great lady

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Alison was a selfless and caring person to everyone. She certainly lived up to her name: she had a heart of gold. Alison was a positive and optimistic person and imbued those qualities in everyone around her. A fond memory: When my family lived in Los Angeles, Alison brought Miep Geis to our home for a Shabbat dinner. My husband, Gerry needed to clean his eyeglasses, and then after he was finished, Miep quietly asked if he would clean hers and everyone at the dinner table smiled...

Sweet memories of being in her Hydra home and sharing stories while drinking tea....

May her memory be a blessing, all my love to you, Thor.